Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Senior Nurse with excellent leadership skills and relevant experience to join our team of Ward Managers within the Neurosciences Directorate.

Ward B7 is a 25 bedded emergency neurosurgical ward, part of the Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre at Salford Royal.

We are looking for a highly motivated nurse with shared values to join our Ward Manager team.  This is a unique exciting opportunity to join a team with vision, drive and ambition.  You will have extensive post registration experience and ideally nursing management experience.  Previous experience working in the field of Neurosciences is desirable but not essential.

A passion for high quality care and continually improving patient and family experience is essential as are excellent interpersonal skills.  We view leadership as key to our success; therefore you should be able to demonstrate this throughout the recruitment process.

You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards, and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the organisation are achieved. 

Main duties of the job

You will need to ensure that as well as providing clinical leadership, and taking responsibility for direct staff management and the running of the ward, you have the ability to meet deadlines and the skills and desire to manage care within budget.

You should also be politically aware, be able to create vision for the team, and influence change in the clinical area. In addition, the patients' needs will always be at the centre of any focus that you have.

You will also be expected to provide evidence of how your leadership skills have positively affected team dynamics and improved clinical standards within your current role.

Duties include:

• Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems in communication
• Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work
• Promote best practice in health, safety and security
• Contribute to the development of services
• Improve quality
• Promote people's equality, diversity and rights
• Assess people’s health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload
• Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes to address patient's complex and changing health and wellbeing needs
• Lead work teams in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice
• Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess the work of teams and individuals
• Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and /or financial resources

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.